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Ecosystem and Sustainability:
Ecosystem: Structure of Ecosystem, Types: Forest, Desert, Wetlands, Riverine, Oceanic ecosystems.
Sustainability: 17SDG targets and possible actions.
Self-Study Component (SSC): Components of the environment.
Textbook 1: CH- 3, e-resource:1

Module-2
Natural resources and Energy:
Natural Resources: Water resources – Availability & Quality aspects, Water borne diseases & water induced
diseases, Fluoride problem in drinking water.
Energy:Different types of energy, Conventional sources & Non -Conventional sources of Energy, Solar
energy, Wind Energy, Hydrogen as an alternative energy
Self-Study Component (SSC): Alternative Energy sources
Textbook 1: CH- 2

Module-3
Environmental Pollution:
Environmental Pollution: Water Pollution, Noise pollution, Air pollution (Sources, Impacts, Preventive
measures and Public Health Aspects.
Self-Study Component (SSC): Case studies of air pollution episodes
Textbook 1: CH- 5

Module-4
Waste management:
Waste management: Solid Waste Management , types and sources, functional elements of SWM, Biomedical
Waste Management - Sources, Characteristics
Environmental Legislation: Solid Waste Management Rules,2016, Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016.
Self-Study Component (SSC): Case studies on waste management options
Textbook 1: CH- 6, e-resource:2

Module-5
E - Waste Management
E- waste; composition and generation. Global context in e- waste; E-waste pollutants, E waste hazardous
properties, Effects of pollutant (E- waste) on human health and surrounding environment, domestic e-waste
disposal, Basic principles of E waste management, Component of E waste management.
E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011; and E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022 - Salient Features
and its implications.
Self-Study Component (SSC): E-Waste (Management) Amendment Rules, 2023, 2024
Textbook 1: CH- 6, Textbook 2: CH-2, e-resource:3
Suggested Learning Resources:
Textbooks
1. S M Prakash , “Environmental Studies” 3rd Edition, Elite Publishing House, Mangalore, 2018.
2. Hester R.E., and Harrison R.M, Electronic Waste Management. Science, 2009.
Reference Books:
1. EarchBarucha, “Environmental Studies for UG students”, 2004.
2. Benny Joseph (2005), “Environmental Studies” , Tata McGraw – Hill Publishing Company Limited.
3. R. Rajagopalan, “Environmental Studies- From Crisis to Cure” , 2nd Edition, Oxford university press, New
Delhi, 2013.
4. Johri R., E-waste: implications, regulations, and management in India and current global best practices,
TERI Press, New Delhi.
5. Raman Sivakumar, “Principles of Environmental Science and Engineering”, 2nd edition, Cengage
learning Singapur, 2005.
6. G. Tyler Miller Jr., “Environmental Science – working with the Earth”, Eleventh Edition, Thomson Brooks
/Cole, 2006
7. Dr. Pratiba Singh, Dr.Anoop Singh and Dr. Piyush Malaviya, “Text Book of Environmental and Ecology”,
Acme Learning Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
8. P Meenakshi, “Elements of Environmental Science and Engineering”, Prentice Hall of India Private
Limited, New Delhi, 2006